Waitrose promotes its free-range eggs after govt lifts ban

Supermarket chain Waitrose is promoting its free-range egg credentials following the decision by the Government to lift the order on keeping all hens indoors.

Waitrose said it wanted to remind customers of its guarantee that all of its eggs are free-range.

In February, the company – along with other major retailers – placed labels and stickers on shelves and boxes informing shoppers that hens were temporarily being housed in barns because of the outbreak of avian influenza.

All supermarkets were required to do so if hens were kept inside for more than 3 months.

But the decision by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to lift the ban means that eggs can be labelled as free-range.